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A type of film aimed at the children's market and/or made for family viewing. Usually consisting of comedies or adventures, these films are often based on children's literature and can involve any number of helpful animals, friendly supernatural beings and fantasy worlds, all geared to stimulate and appeal to the imagination. Whatever the situation, there is little or no offensive material and generally a lesson is learned on the way. Though Hollywood had tapped into the family market in the '20s and '30s, it was arguably the 1939 version of The Wizard Of Oz that set the mold for the children's film, and many films after The Wizard used the idea of a journey through myriad obstacles in an imaginary kingdom (The 5000 Fingers Of Dr. T (co-written by beloved author Dr. Seuss) Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory and The Neverending Story). In the family adventure, the members of a family battle the elements or benign evildoers, always to triumph over evil in the end. Disney specialized in these films with entries like The Swiss Family Robinson, as well as specializing in live-action comedy/adventure films based on fantastic premises that delighted children (The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The Love Bug). The video-market boom of the 1980s and 1990s increased the demand for children's/family films, with production companies scrambling to get more product out for the consumer and family films reaching a new level of popularity.

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Year
 Title
 
 Director
  6 Stars 1977 Pete's Dragon   Don Chaffey
  6 Stars 1992 The Muppet Christmas Carol   Brian Henson
  6 Stars 1962 Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol   Abe Levitow
  6 Stars 1963 The Incredible Journey   Fletcher Markle
    6 Stars 1939 The Importance of Being Donald   Walt Disney
  6 Stars 1982 The Dark Crystal   Jim Henson
  6 Stars 1971 Bedknobs and Broomsticks   Robert Stevenson
  6 Stars 1987 Anne of Avonlea   Kevin Sullivan
    6 Stars 1971 A Christmas Carol   Richard Williams
  5 Stars 2000 The Emperor's New Groove   Mark Dindal
  5 Stars 2000 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie   Stig Bergguist
  5 Stars 2000 The Lion of Oz   Tim Deacon
  5 Stars 2000 Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders    
  5 Stars 2001 Recess the Movie: School's Out   Chuck Sheetz
  5 Stars 2000 Dinosaur   Eric Leighton
  5 Stars 1998 An American Tail III: The Treasure of Manhattan Island   Larry Latham
  5 Stars 1999 Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine For You    
  5 Stars 2000 Snow Day   Chris Koch
  5 Stars 1999 Fantasia 2000   James Algar
    5 Stars 1981 Tayna tretyey planety   Roman Kachanov
  5 Stars 1999 Muppets From Space   Tim Hill
  5 Stars 1999 The First Snow of Winter    
  5 Stars 1998 The Prince of Egypt   Stephen Hickner
  5 Stars 1998 Madeline   Daisy von Scherler Mayer
  5 Stars 1998 Paulie   John Roberts
  5 Stars 1997 The Borrowers   Peter Hewitt
  5 Stars 1996 The Wind in the Willows   Terry Jones
  5 Stars 1997 Free Willy 3: The Rescue   Sam Pillsbury
  5 Stars 1997 Air Bud   Charles Martin Smith
  5 Stars 1997 Hercules   Ron Clements
  5 Stars 1996 Shiloh   Dale Rosenbloom
  5 Stars 1996 The Adventures of Pinocchio   Steven Barron
  5 Stars 1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame   Gary Trousdale
  5 Stars 1996 Balto   Simon Wells
  5 Stars 1995 Jumanji   Joe Johnston
  5 Stars 1995 Casper   Brad Silberling
    5 Stars 1987 Ramona [TV Series]   Randy Bradshaw
  5 Stars 1995 Pocahontas   Mike Gabriel
  5 Stars 1994 The Pagemaster   Joe Johnston
  5 Stars 1994 Lassie   Daniel Petrie
    5 Stars 1987 The Wind in the Willows   Jules Bass
  5 Stars 1989 Polly   Debbie Allen
    5 Stars 1978 Lassie: The New Beginning   Don Chaffey
  5 Stars 1985 The Care Bears Movie   Arna Selznick
    5 Stars 1971 The World of Hans Christian Andersen   Chuck McCann
  5 Stars 1994 Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book   Stephen Sommers
  5 Stars 1981 The Fox and the Hound   Ted Berman
  5 Stars 1965 Zebra in the Kitchen   Ivan Tors
  5 Stars 1986 The Worst Witch   Robert M. Young
  5 Stars 1991 White Fang   Randal Kleiser
    5 Stars 1981 Tuck Everlasting   Frederick King Keller
  5 Stars 1966 The Trouble With Angels   Ida Lupino
  5 Stars 1987 The Secret Garden   Alan Grint
  5 Stars 1973 Robin Hood   Wolfgang Reithermann
  5 Stars 1984 Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle   Francis Ford Coppola
  5 Stars 1990 The Rescuers Down Under   Hendel Butoy
  5 Stars 1977 The Rescuers   Don Bluth
  5 Stars 1969 Pippi Longstocking   Olle Hellbom
  5 Stars 1943 My Friend Flicka   Harold D. Schuster
  5 Stars 1987 Mio min Mio   Vladimir Grammatikov
  5 Stars 1986 Labyrinth   Jim Henson
  5 Stars 1955 A Kid for Two Farthings   Carol Reed
  5 Stars 1986 The Karate Kid Part II   John G. Avildsen
  5 Stars 1952 Jack and the Beanstalk   Jean Yarbrough
  5 Stars 1974 It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown   Phil Roman
    5 Stars 1975 Huckleberry Finn   Robert J. Totten
  5 Stars 1986 The Great Mouse Detective   Ron Clements
  5 Stars 1947 Fun and Fancy Free   Jack Kinney
    5 Stars 1972 The Frog Prince   Jim Henson
  5 Stars 1993 Free Willy   Simon Wincer
  5 Stars 1963 Flipper   James B. Clark
  5 Stars 1986 Flight of the Navigator   Randal Kleiser
  5 Stars 1985 Explorers   Joe Dante
  5 Stars 1959 Darby O'Gill and the Little People   Robert Stevenson
    5 Stars 1977 Bröderna Lejonhjärta   Olle Hellbom
  5 Stars 1987 The Brave Little Toaster   Jerry Rees
  5 Stars 1988 Babar: The Movie   Alan Bunce
  5 Stars 1989 The Adventures of Milo and Otis   Masanori Hata
  4 Stars 1997 Anastasia   Don Bluth
  4 Stars 1991 An American Tail: Fievel Goes West   Phil Nibbelink
  3 Stars 1995 It Takes Two   Andy Tennant
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